US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on July 7 for "Providing a blood pool direction vector based on measured impedances" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,814, issued on July 7, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Providing a blood pool direction vector based on measured impedances" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel), Vadim Gliner (Haifa, Israel) and Andres Claudio Altmann (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes monitoring impedances of the plurality of the functional electrodes relative to a reference electrode while maneuvering a catheter within a cavity of an organ, the catheter comprising (i) a shaft having a distal end, and (ii) an expandable distal-end assembly coupled to the distal end of the shaft and comprising a ...